Awkward Situations

A day went by in the hospital. Jack slipped into a coma an hour after he brought Sweetie Belle in and was undergoing magical therapy by some of the most experienced doctors they had. Twilight had showed up to see what had happened after Celsius had come and told her. She was shown to Jack's room where she was told to wait outside a moment due to him still going through treatment. Twilight noticed Sweetie Belle also waiting outside.

"Hey, Twilight." Sweetie Belle said with much less than a smile. Her head was bandaged so anything above her ears went unseen. She had bandages around her front and hind left legs and a much thicker amount around her torso.

"Are you alright?! I heard you two dropped from Cloudsdale!!" Twilight asked with much worry.

"I'm fine. I just got cut a bunch. And a got something in my head called a concushin?"

"A concussion?" Twilight said with more worry.

"Yeah, but it's fine. Nurse Redheart said she'd be back with something for me." Sweetie Belle replied.

"If you say so..." Twilight leaned into Jack's room and took note of his condition. Jack's chest had a cast around it, his shit had been tossed to the floor which now resembled cut up rags. Jack had his leg hoisted up by a few wires which was in a cast. "How's Jack doing?" She asked.

"They don't know. They said that the collapsed lung was an easy fix and that he'll only have to where the cast for the rest of the day. They said that about his leg too, but..."

"But what?"

"But they said they couldn't figure out why he's in a coma. He didn't get hit in the head very hard. They said he had no brain damage. So, they just don't know." A grey unicorn wearing a doctor's cloak came trotting down the hallway to them.

"Are you Miss Tvilit Spahrkle?" He asked.

"Um, yes?"

"Gut. Your friend in hear vas shleeping off zeh pain ven a sudden someshink vent rong in his head! He's in a coma now."

"I see." Twilight cast a spell as quickly as possible so that the doctor may not notice her horn glow.

"Yes. We don't have any idea why it is that went comatose; he didn't suffer any brain damage, he didn't even get hit in the head. But we think the reason is why the little one here got a concussion is because when they crashed into that shed, he let her go and she flew out the other side by herself."

"I see." Nurse Redheart came trotting down the hallway behind the unknown doctor and walked up to Sweetie Belle.

"Alright." She began, revealing a bottle of pills. "All you have to do is take one of these before bed every night for a week and you shouldn't get any scars, okay?"

"Alright. Thank you." Sweetie said as she grabbed the pills.

"SWEETIE BELLE!!!" Rarity came flying into the hospital like a bullet and crashed into her sister before scooping her up a big hug. "Sweetie, dear, are you alright?!?"

"Yeah, I'm fine..." Sweetie said through what little breath she could take in.

"That fall must've been ho-"

"SOMEONE CHECK THE DATE ON THE MOTHER FUCKING CLOUD WALKING PILLS!!!!!" Celsius came storming into the hospital looking absolutely enraged. "THOSE THINGS WERE DESIGNED TO LAST THREE HOURS!! I GOT ONE AND A HALF!!!!" He screamed at various doctors.

"Celsius?" Twilight called.

"Princess Twilight!" Celsius darted down the hall to the purple alicorn. "Princess, I'm so sorry for what happened. I promise that I'll cover any bills and help Jack and Sweetie through whatever therapy they might need!"

"That won't be necessary. What happened exactly?"

"Well, I gave each of them cloud walking pills. I gave Jack two, because of his size, and Sweetie Belle had one. We were at the end of our tour and Sweetie's pill wore off and she fell." Celsius explained. "Jack's were still in effect for the half second he was still on a cloud. Then he jumped off in order to get to Sweetie Belle. I assure you that Sweetie Belle would have died if Jack hadn't re-positioned the two of them. I see that she was still hurt though. How are you feeling Sweetie Belle?"

"Fine. We're just waiting to see wh-"

"What the hell is he doing?!" One of the Nurses shouted from inside Jack's room. Jack was still unconscious, but flailing his arm around like he was trying to grab something. Twilight rushed inside just in time to see Jack rip a note pad out of a pocket in one of the doctor's shirts and toss it in his lap. His arm then swung to his other side where he grabbed a pen out of a nurse's mouth. Jack began writing.

Check, check. Testing 1 2 3, is this thing on? Good.

This is a list of people that I might like to remember:

Kyle

Marley

Katie

John

Pretty cool right?

Jack's arm went limp again and the pen dropped to the floor.

"What just happened?" One of the doctors asked.

"I don't know. I can't explain what that was." Another said. Jack's arm started flailing again. Twilight levitated the pen back to him and he returned to writing.

What I'm doing is called Dreamscaping, ding dong! It's when your subconscious mind riddles off information that is useful or sometimes stupid. But it doesn't matter that I know that. Because I won't when I wake up.

"Huh?" Both doctors said. Jack sat up in his bed with his eyes still closed. "uh..." They said again. Jack pulled the I.V out of his arm and other plugs off of his body, got up from his bed, and walked out of the room. He stopped just outside the door and turned to face Sweetie Belle and Rarity before picking Sweetie up and placing her on his head. Twilight followed after him. Jack pushed Celsius off to the side and walked down the hallway.

"What is he doing?" Rarity whispered to Twilight as Jack walked down the hallway.

"I... I have no idea." Twilight replied. Jack passed by the receptionist desk at the front of the hospital.

"Uh, sir?" Nurse Redheart called. Jack flipped her off as he passed by. The automatic doors shut behind him and everyone was left to wonder what just took place.

"So, he writes strange names on a piece of paper, puts my sister on his head like a hat, and leaves the hospital. All of this while still unconscious."

"We shouldn't try to wake him just yet. But I still think it best that we follow him." Celsius said just before heading to the door himself.

"Jack is most likely having his memories returning to him." Twilight said.

"But why did he leave? And why did he take Sweetie Belle with him?" There was a long silence before Celsius walked to the door himself.

"I assume it'd be bad if the two of them were headed to the Everfree Forest, yes?" Twilight and Rarity were at the door before he even finished his sentence. Way out in the distance, the three of them could see Jack and Sweetie Belle at the end of the forest, just now entering.

"Holy shit!"

"Twilight!" Rarity shouted. "Such language!"

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Jack kept walking no matter how hard I slapped him in the head.

"Jack! You need to go back!" We were in the middle of the Everfree forest and I was very scared. Everything around us seemed to either be moving around or staring us down. "Jack, come on! I'm scared!" I whimpered.

"Sweetie.... Belle?...." He whispered.

"Jack?"

"I need to... do this... It's alright..." I pulled myself up and looked at his face; he was still sleeping.

"But there are things following us!" I said. Something in the darkness behind us was shuffling back and forth. All I saw was glowing green eyes.

"What?" I looked through squinted eyes at the creature through the little light there was.

"It looks like a Timberwolf." The creature growled at the mention of its name. Jack spun to the left and continued on his walk like he didn't hear me. He knocked on a tree as we passed by; the wolf growled and came closer. Jack turned right and kept walking forward. A few steps later, he leaned down and grabbed a small stick off of the ground.

"Hit every other tree." He told me as he gave me the stick. I whacked it against a tree, let another one pass, then whacked it against the next. I kept up the pattern and the wolf seemed to be closing in. I saw Jack pick up a machete that was leaning against a tree. I kept whacking every other tree. A loud growling distracted me and I looked back just in time to see the Timberwolf lunge at us.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" I screamed. Jack swung his blade down at a nearby tree and cut a rope I hadn't seen. Inches before the wolf was on us, a metal net flew up and caught him and held him high above the ground. Without looking at his catch, Jack pulled down on another rope and continued walking. I looked back again in time to see flames fly from two hoses on both sides of the wolf.

"RRREEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEE!!!!!!" It howled.

"We're nearly there." Jack said. I looked forward and saw Zecora's house.

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"Are you positively sure this tracking spell of yours is working?" Rarity asked with a half whine.

"Yes, for the one hundredth time, yes! I've had years of practice with spells as advanced as body jumping! This spell is so easy that Rainbow Dash could cast it!" Twilight exaggerated. Rarity rolled her eyes and continued the hunt for the lost filly and giant. Celsius was behind them with his patented foreleg cannons. He wasn't just a weather scientist!

"So, we've been traveling throughout the entire expanse of these woods it seems, and we still haven't been able to locate Sweetie or Jack. This is really worrying me."

"Oh, really?" Rarity began. "I didn't expect anyone to feel worried at all when we saw and unconscious Jack run into the EVERFREE FOREST WITH MY SISTER!!" Celsius backed off a good two or three feet.

"Calm down, you two! We don't want to attract any unwanted attention."

"What in Celestia's name is that?" Celsius asked as he pointed to a burnt net full of something hanging above the ground.

"Look up ahead!" Twilight shouted. "I think that's Zecora's house. The three of them rushed up to the house and peeped in one of the windows. Jack was sitting across a table from Zecora with Sweetie Belle still on his head. He looked to still be unconscious.

"I no longer see it fit to stay here. I've caused only grief and worry for those that I've come to care about, but not before I caused harm to an innocent." Jack removed Sweetie from atop his head and held out in front of himself for Zecora to see. Zecora remained silent. "I have proven my inability to be responsible around others and have done nothing to prove any worth within the few days that I've been here. I wish to return home." Sweetie Belle, Twilight, Rarity, and Celsius all gasped.

"Zecora knows how to send Jack back home!?" Twilight asked no one in particular. Zecora nodded and and stood from the table.

"The potion you need will take me some time. I suggest that you tell all of your friends 'goodbye'." She said. Jack stood from the table himself. The door to the hut burst open and Rarity was the first to enter.

"Sweetie Belle, if I get any angrier, I'll go blind! And Jack, I won't let you harm any sister of mine!" Rarity shouted. Jack awoke and caught up to the situation.

"But, Rarity, I didn't get hurt this time!" Sweetie Belle replied.

"Rarity, the fault is really all mine." Jack admitted. Rarity huffed as Twilight entered the room.

"Zecora! You know how to send Jack away?!" She asked with wide eyes.

"I've tried these past few days, but Sweetie Belle took him and got in the way."

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I was at home alone cleaning a mess from my floor

When, suddenly, a loud knocking came at my door.

It was Jack and Sweetie Belle, both bandaged and hurt

I told them to walk to the table and sit in the dirt.

Jack told me that he wanted to leave

He'd hurt ponies and it'd made him grieve.

I agreed with his decision and said to prepare

When a pony burst in with curly blue hair.

"Sweetie Belle, if I get any angrier, I'll go Blind! And Jack, I won't let you harm any sister of mine!"

"But, Rarity, I didn't get hurt this time!"

Jack snapped awake at Rarity's screaming

And only then did his words have clear meaning.

"Rarity, the fault is really all mine."

Then, Twilight entered with a much faster pace

And sent her hooves flailing all over the place.

"Zecora! You know how to send Jack away?!"

She asked, clearly amazed.

"I've tried these past few days, but Sweetie Belle took him and got in the way."

A third pony entered with a look of confusion

His eyes flew around like he'd never used them.

"Why did you come here? And for what may I ask?"

He looked about my idols of sheered and cut glass.

"I came here to go back to where I came from. I know you all must think things like 'I hate him!'"

Twilight and Rarity softened in expression.

"Of course we don't hate you." One said.

"And this isn't your mission."

"But his notes say otherwise." The stallion said attracting Jack's eyes.

"Did I write those while I was sleeping? You know if I did, they may not have meaning."

Jack took the notes anyway and studied them well

While Rarity quietly scolded Sweetie Belle.

"These names all make sense and they bring me back memories. You see, these are all names of all of my family."

Jack was so happy and almost shed a tear, before he looked up and said:

"When did Doctor Seuss get here?"

The ponies and I looked to the dim lighting

Where a man there replied:

"I'm taking down notes for a new book that I'm writing!"

After he vanished, we all focused on Jack

I guessed to make sure that what he said was fact.

"These are all people to which you're related?" The princess had asked.

"Yes, they are!" Jack had restated.

Jack looked into the distance and said with some pride:

"I think you're all great, and I've really enjoyed this ride,"

He smiled to his friends which, somehow, saddened them.

"But I need to go home and see my family again."

Twilight shed a few tears and cried mildly

While Jack looked to her and apologized quietly.

"I'm sorry you all, but I can't leave those I know.

I have to return-

Where did Sweetie Belle go?!"